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"John KD5YI" wrote in message
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On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 02:30:46 -0500, "AI4QJ" wrote:


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On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 18:40:13 -0500, "AI4QJ" wrote:

Your groupies will once again be sorely disappointed.

Thank heavens for that! You guys would be indistinguishable from
museum pieces if you didn't get dusted off once in a while.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Yes, but what is the characteristic impedance of free space?

The value has been established; that I am sorely disappointing you has
been established; and that I am content with those outcomes has been
established. Any further interest for others is how long this groupie
drama of betrayed faith will play out.

So you now agree that I was correct in saying that Zo free space = 377
Ohms and Roy was wrong in saying it was = 1 Ohm? You still have a chance
to recover your cred, bro.

73 de AI4QJ


Oh, crap, Daniel. Roy did not say free space was = 1 ohm. Look back and
read:

You said:
" I should say "characteristic" impedance is 377 Ohms. It also has a
permitivity and permeability of 1 ;-) "

Roy said:
"I'm sure you mean relative permittivity and relative permeability.

The characteristic impedance is the square root of permeability divided
by permittivity, so if both are one, the characteristic impedance would
have to be one."

Get it? He is saying that the permeability and the permittivity of space
can not = 1 because if they were, then the intrinsic impedance of space
would be = 1 because the intrinsic impedance of space is actually Zo =
sqrt(permeability/permittivity).

No, he said it would gave to be one, so it is one.



Oh, crap, Daniel!

No! He said, "...if both are one, the characteristic impedance would
have to be one." He is saying that, if what YOU say is true (the
permittivity and permeability of free space is one), then that would force
the Zo of free space to one because Zo = sqrt(permeability/permittivity).

Note that he said IF. Pay attention!

John